Timeline for What topological ideas did Gauss introduce to his student Möbius?
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| Aug 29, 2017 at 14:41 | vote | accept | user2554 | ||
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 10:28 | comment | added | user2554 | can you explain to me what the last part of the passage means? (that i cited in my last comment) - i need the answer to close the discussion and understand the property which Gauss describes. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 9:27 | vote | accept | user2554 | ||
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 9:27 | comment | added | user2554 | "the latter still possesses the remarkable property that from any four points P, Q, R, S following each other on their perimeters, the first one is connected to the third and the second to the fourth by two lines PTT'R, and QUU'S, which lie in the surface itself and yet do not intersect one another - as would always happen if the surface had a basic form of the first class (for example, a Cylinder, C.H.). " | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 9:27 | comment | added | user2554 | O.k I accept your answer, since i noticed that the surface has two sides so it cannot be a mobius strip. But i still dont understand what is the "remarkable property" which Gauss refers to in the last part of the passage: | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 8:58 | history | answered | Moishe Kohan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |